Sandpiper Care Home
16 South Street, Alford, LN13 9AQ · Lincolnshire · East Midlands
30 beds · operated by Tanglewood Care Services Limited, part of Tanglewood Care Homes
Diligence verdict
Rated Good overall, but Well-led is Requires improvement (28 May 2026), and 1 of this operator's 6 rated homes are below Good.
- Below Good on
- Well-ledRequires improvement28 May 2026
- Operator's wider portfolio
- 1 of 6 of Tanglewood Care Services Limited's rated homes are Requires improvement or Inadequate. See the operator.
Verbatim CQC ratings, each dated · data as at 11 Jul 2026 · source: CQC
The five key questions
| Key question | Rating | Published |
|---|---|---|
| Safe | Good | 28 May 2026 |
| Effective | Good | 28 May 2026 |
| Caring | Good | 28 May 2026 |
| Responsive | Good | 28 May 2026 |
| Well-led | Requires improvement | 28 May 2026 |
Ratings verbatim as published by CQC. Key questions can carry different dates when CQC re-inspects only part of a service.
Data as at 11 Jul 2026 · source: CQC
Same operator — 5 other locations
Other active services registered to Tanglewood Care Services Limited. The verdict above reads across this operator's whole rated portfolio.
| Name | Overall rating (published) | Local authority |
|---|---|---|
| Cedar Falls Care Home | Requires improvement16 Dec 2022rating 3+ yrs old | Lincolnshire |
| Hunters Creek Care Home | Good16 Dec 2022rating 3+ yrs old | Lincolnshire |
| Tanglewood Care Home | Good13 Jan 2026 | Lincolnshire |
| Tanglewood Cloverleaf | Good4 Aug 2021rating 3+ yrs old | Lincolnshire |
| Toray Pines Care Home | Good17 Apr 2026 | Lincolnshire |
Data as at 11 Jul 2026 · source: CQC
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See a sample and order →- Registered with CQC
- 7 Oct 2019
- Beds
- 30
- Sector
- Social Care Org
- On CQC’s site
- cqc.org.uk/location/1-7522526632
Every rating on this page is shown verbatim as CQC published it, each with its own publication date. Data as at 11 Jul 2026 — as published by CQC, bulk files of 01–08 Jul 2026 · source: CQC · data & methods.